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2 fcamintr. ATLANTaTjULY 17, 1856. For President of the United Stat e .TAMES BUCHANAN, OF PENNSYLV AN IA. For Vice President JOHN t. BRECKINRIIIGIi. OF KENTUCKY. Democratic Electoral Ticket. FOB-THE STATE AT LABGE. alternates. WT ■fi’CTDRS. D WM.H. STILES, HenryG. Lamar. IVERSON I- H XRRIS. A. R. Wright- ELECTORS. ALTERNATES. Ist Diet. Thos M Foreman. tV M Nichols 2d “ Samuel Hall. J A Tucker. 3d “ J N Ramsey, E J McGehee. 4th “ L J Gjjrtbell, •> F Johnson. sth “ John W Lewis. L W Crook. 6th “ Jl’ Simmons, R McMillan. 7th “ T P Sapfolv, •' S Hook. Bth “ T W Thomas, AC W alkek. Segars and Tobacco. We call the attention of all lovers ot the •weed,” whether smokers or Chewers, to the advertisement of Mr. JOHN M. !AN< 1 A RY, on White-boll Street, opposite Shack elford’s Auction Store, -which appears in .our paper to day. A finer etook of Segars and Tobacco cannot be found any where in the interior o' Georgia. We have before us now two specimen of the former, which challenge all competition, W < need not say how gratified we are at the com pliment of Mr. T. to us, forif there is anything that we do like, it is » gooJ srgnr, md now it is before us. We advise al! smokers aud chewers to call upon Mr. Tanquary. He will be sure to please them. Letter of Andrew Jackson. Wo call the attention of our readers to a letter in our paper to-day, which we take from the Nashville, Union & American, addressed to the Editor of that, paper, by Andrew J ackson , the adopted son of him who sleeps the sleep of the brave at the ‘.Hermitage,” in Tennessee.— This letter will be found interesting to our readers; and important also, because of the. ’ fact that it nails to the counter the slander that that arch old traitor, Blair, has lately put in circulation relative to Gen. Jackson’s opinion of Mr. Buchanan, and the part he took in what has been termed the “Clay and Adams bargain > when the former threw his influence into the scale of the latter, aud made him Presiden over Gan. Jackson and Wm. II- Crawlord- - afterwards receiving the office of Secretary o State from Adams. The reader will bo satisfied, after a perusal of thia letter, thut Blair has been eugag*i 1 the dirty work of garbling from General Jack aon's letters, to make, up a story which has been seiz'd upon, and propagated as true, by the enemies of Mr. Buchanan. But we can expect nothing but falsehood from that arch old free soilor, and Southern men are ihe veriest dupe who listen to, or have confidence in apy thing manating from him Political Meetings In Atlanta- We have read the communication of“H’’ in the “Intelligencer” of yesterday; and although we do not transfer it to our columns, we yet re cognise its force, and will do all that wc can to promote his suggestion, that our political Meet ings be held on other, than on Wednesday or Thursday Nights, for the reasons stated by him. __We arc pleased too that H. has made the suggestion, as tire attendance of those to whom ho refers, at all political discussions in our City in much to be desired. So far from his sugges tion giving “offence, 1 we. are pleased, as no doubt every good citizen is, witli it Our only reason for not publishing the communication, is that we have laid it. down as a rule not to pub lisli articles that uppeur k in our city papers, when a copy of the same is uot .handed to us simultaneously with them. We do not like to eome in at the •' tail end" of any of our cotem poraries, nor should we notice the oue to which we uow refer but for the respect which we en tertaift—tijo author being unknown tour for the religious portion of our community. I HE EXAMINER FOR IHE CAMPAIGN. We notice that our cotemporaries of the Press every where are prepared to furnish the papers to the people for the Campaign soar at one, and some at another price. Now, for the matter es fifty cents, we do no earn to be put to the trouble of mailing the •• Examiner,” and of performing various other duties that devolve upon us— in consequence thereof. Our intention is to matte the "WEEK LY EXAMINER,” an interesting and as far as our ability enables us to do so, a valuable political journal, both for and after the Presi dential Campaign. And as om subscription price ia only ONE DOLLAR per annum, payable in advance. it will not be sent to any one who does not subscribe to tae year. To this, however, wc are w ..ag to make this exception. Where a club ot twenty, or even ten, desire to have the paper for .>;.r months. we will send it to them upon the re ceipt of fifty cents for each copy But we will not do thia save to clubs. Our circulation is already a large one and is daily increasing. To extend it. will still be, with us, an untiring effort. But wc must do this upon the terms specified above or not at all. Send us, therefore, oar and ihe Weekly Examiner ” will be sent to you for ivefanwnths from the date of its receipt. This, we think, is a better arrangement,-than any one we can propose, to the public. The Daily Examiner” we will furnish to subscribers, fur three, six, nine, or twelve months, at the rate of fivedollars per annum. Our frienifi at a distance, who take an interest In the political contest uow going on. would do well to order the Daily Examiner "as in it. they will not only receive the earliest commer cial, but the eari.'srf political intelligence, tt; we trust, mil prove" particularly valuaiue to those who will be forced upon the stump during jsyell as to,all who take aa active par;<L the! Our Electoral Ticket. We surrender to-day a portion of our edito- ; rial columns, to the Georgia (Newnan) Banner,; whose Editor notices so handsomely, in the following, the nominations for tin's district and the State at large. “ ’* * This, the fourth Congression al District, is peculiarly fortunate in this rc pect in the nomination of L. J. Gartreil. Esq., of Fulton. He canvassed the district to some extent, during the Congressional and Guberna. torial contest of last year, aud done important service for Johnson and Warner, wherever he made his appearance on the stump His nom ination will be nius' favorably received by the people of this District—and should it be his fortune to have an opponent, be he who he may, we have no fears whatever but that the nomi nee of the Democratic party, with his acknowl "Jged talents and ability ah a debater, together with the evident, manifest justness of the came be advocates, will be able to meet successfully aud demolish every argument of his antagonist, and carry the District by an overwhelming, unprecedented majority. Ofhis alternate, Janies F. Johnson, Esq., we may say wc have not Lad the pleasure of ever hearing from him on the I stump—but if the contest grows warm and his I services are called into requisition, Mr John- ■ son is not the man to be found absent'from the post of duty. He, too, will be seen and heard in conneetion with the gallant Gartreil rally- > ing the unterrified hosts of Buchanan and I Breckenridge, and leading them on to i glori- • ous victory. As to the nominees for the State j at large, Messrs. Stiles aud Harris, it is unnec- i essary almost for us to say a word. They are i known extensively throughout the State. — : With such a ticket in the field—composed of such able advocates- the Democracy of Geor gia have everything to encourage them to ac tivity and vigilance, with every prospect o carrying the State by a greater majority than any ever heretofore known in Georgia, at a Presidential election.” Atrocious Murder 1 A man named Jessee Woods committed, in this City, on Saturday night last, a most atro cious murder on the body of one Thomas Smith, a m„ulder at Winship’s workship, and a highly respectable citizen, by shooting him wit l ! a pis tol through the head. It appears, that, at a late hour in the night, a quarrel arose between Woods and some one ai a well, in the vicinity ot the murdered man’s dwelling ; and that the latter, who had gone to ths well for water, made an observation to the effect that he, Woods, should be taken to the Calaboose; up on which Woods rnshsd forward, with pistol I iu hand, aud shoving it into the face of the de ceased, threatened to shoo* him; whereupon the latter struck at, and knocked him down.— Rising immediately Woods fired and shot, as before remarked, the unfortunate man through the neck and head, who died soon thereafter. — The murderer fled, although, we are-informed, there were two or three watchmen on the ground, and has not since been heard of Our city council, we trust, will examine strict ly into the conduct of the watchmen. There were several gentlemen with us, at a distant point, at the time the pistol was fired. Imme diately thereafter, we heard tne whistle of one of the watchmen, again, and again, aud again, summoning the watch to his aid. To this call, there was no response from any quarter near to us, nor, do we believe, there was any from any quarter. Where was the watch all this time; and why was the perpetrator of this foul mur der permitted to escape, are enquiries which our city fathers will doubtless promptly make. Njuch excitement prevails in our city both iu regard to the murder, as well as the conduct of the night watch. The murderer, Woods, is a desperate rowdy, and has been the terror, we may say, of the city, for some time past; while his victim was a peaceable, good citizen, much beloved by all who knew hint- A large reward, we learn, will be offered for the arrest of Woods. Another Murder. We learn thut Mr. John Blue, an engineer in the employ of the Georgia Kail Road, lost his life, in Saturday night last, in the following manner. It appears that some diabolical villiun, or viilians, removed, in the neighborhood of the station known as “Double Weils” on the Geor gia Rail Road, a bar of iron, bent, and re placed it on the track, calculating, of course that it. would tlnjow off the Engine* as it was passing The result was as the villain, or vil lians, expected. The Engine was thrown off the track, upset, anil crushed the unfortunate En gineer to death, ft is impossible for us to ex press our horror of so diabolical and bloody a deed. The unfortunate deceased was highly esteemed by all who knew him For nineteen years, we learn, ho whs in the employ of the South Carolina Rail Road Company, from Charleston to Augusta ; and has since been in the employ of the Georgia Rail Road Company. His skill, dexterity, and vigilance, were the admirofation Rail Road men, who knew, and often spoke of him, as the "Flying Dutchman'’ I By his associates, his dt»t h is deeply lumen - I ted, and by all who have heard of its cause i demand for vengeance will not cease until ! the perpetrator, or perpetrators, are brought Ito justice. We trust that no effort w.. be 1 spared by the Georgia Rail Road Company, io ! detect the bloody assassins, who planned, and nee-'cded in this villainy. Modern Reform ; In these days of modern reform, when vend ! era of the “ ardent" are empowered by onr , law-makers, and "City Fathers,' to dispense their ten cent' favors, in the shape of gin toddies, brandy coek-tails. sherry cobblers, and | claret punches, down to old bald-fact', from 'be j first crowing of chanticleer, till tcu o'clock- at night; in other words, when these some venders [ are licensed to "destroy the rising generation ' i and put a “ finish " to th,- middle aged and ' old, eighteen out of the twenty-four hours, and . mo longer . it is a wonder to us that a more > frequent reference to the experience anti histo , ry of he pits* is not made f°r the benefit of tlrew public. Reform should not stop at what it is in the good city i f Atlanta! It should pro gress until like "Salem” iu the olden time weof the Rail Road city, shall be an example to the Sodums of other lauds, where the human race j i is not limited as to their hours of indulgence in alcoholic drinks. For instance, we find, by | I reference, that church going iu the olden time* ; was thus regulated iu Salem The boys were ranged on the stairs o: the i meeting house, and u man via.- appointed to’ keep people from sleeping by means ot' a short clubbed stick, having at one eud a knob and at the oilier a lox tail, with which he would stroke the women's faces that were asleep, and with the other would knock unruly dogs and me . In the same place, Salem, two men were ap pointed to mark down the non-atteydants, in order to present them to the magistrate, while at the same time, three constables were ap- ! pointed to keep watch -t the doers of the meet ing hous -. to prevet: a; y one from c t g forth I till the exercises were- finished.” A regulation so salutary as this, wou’ 1 ap pear well along side of one that defines so clear ly the hours in which a citizen may imbibe the -anient." or the time he may consume iu gettinginebriated We must ci ifeesthatti are but few ia our community who can held 1 out as long as the ordinance gov r: ing us per mils, but oar City Fathers, star. oi them -it ’east, kuow belter titan we do, having had greater experience iu that line and we must give in to their better judgment. Br.t whv step i at where they are? is a question they fcoulii j Mr- Buchanan and j We invite the earnest attention of our read- ' ers to the following fetter written by Mr. | Buchanan in reply to an invitation of the. Tammany Hall Society, to attend their cele bration of the anniversary -of our National Independence. The letter was received and read on the*4th instant amid thunders of ap plause- Wheatland, near Lancaster, Fa., ) July 2, 1856. I Gentlemen —I have been honored by the receipt of your invitation, on behalf of the Tammany Society, to attend the celebration of the approaching anniversary of our national independence at Tammany Hall. Would that it were in my power to be present on this great occasion! 1 should, indeed, esteem it a high privilege. At a' period when the national democratic party of the country are everywhere rallying to defend the constitution and the Union ugainst the sectional party who would • outlaw 15 of our sister states from the confeder-j acy it must cheer the heart of every patriot to t know that the democracy of the Empire State, ! in solid and united column, arc rushing to the ; rescue. Acting upon your motto, that “past I grievances arc to Irt- burried in exertions for the future,” they must prove invincible. Most gladly would 1 be with you on this auspiciou - day, and sincerely do I regret that this i im - possible. With sentiments of high respect, 1 remain yours truly, JAMES BUCHANAN, To Henry C. Murphy, and others, commit tee, &c. Now why du we so vart.estiy invite atteu-i tion to this brief letter? Lt is because in the i space of a few—some half dozen—lines, -he true issue before the country is presented, and i in a manner so forcible, that every Southern man. who is not blinded by party prejudices, cannot but see that duty to the South culls upon him to stand by the nominee, of the dem ocratic party in the presidential contest. Mr. Buchanan says: “At a period when the National Democratic Party of the country are every where rallying to defend the Constitution and Union, against the sectional party who would OUTLAW, FIFTEEN OF OUR SISTER STAPES FROM THE CONFEDERACY, it must cheer the heart of every patriot to know that the democracy of the Empire State, in -olid and united column, are rushing to the rescue.’ Here then is the true issue—the attempt to i outlaw fifteen States of the national confeder- i acy! And by whom is the attempt made? — j By free soilers of every description; by Black i Republicans, Abolitionists, and Know Noth- j ngs of Ui anti--Slavery States; and by those I patisansof Millard Fillmore whose'watch words iu the contest are, ‘down withthe Kan i sas-Nebraski bill, aud up again with the I Missouri Compromise!” Will any sane man attempt a denial of this? Am not—we put it to the “American” I’reS of Georgia—are ' not all parties at the North actively, nay,l untiringly and zealously striving to ilef-at the ' pationai democracy there, because of their op- i nosition to a restoration of the Missouri Com-1 promise line, and their advocacy of the doc trine of Non-Intervention” as embraced in the Kansas Nebraska Bill? And suppose that in this opposition they succeed, what will be the direct consequence? We will answer in the words almost of Mr. Buchanan—an outlawry of fifteen States of this confederacy—an out lawry ol the Slave States of this Union? Turn it, twist it, which way you will, and ‘to this com plexion it must come at last.” The only hope to avert the evil is in the national democracy of the North. It rests nowhere else, and failing there, disunion will os surely follow as does harvest after seed time. How cheering must it be then to every Southern patriot,when he sees in New York and elsewhere “past grievances buried in exertions for the future,” and “iu solid and united column,” northern democrats “rushing to the rescue ! ” With them, as with us, the struggle is for the ‘ Constitution and the Union. ’ ’ Not the “Union’ as freesoilers, and abolitionists, and higher law men, would nave it—not the Union in which the South would be “hewers of wood and draw ers of water” to Northern fanatics—not the Union in which Southern Rights mnst be sur rendered to Northern encroachments—but the Union as it was intended to be when the compact that made it a “Union of Free, Sov ereign, and Independent States” was signed a Union iu which the rights of the minority are guaranteed and secured to them from encroach ments on the part of the majority. It is for such a Union, a Constitutional Union, that the national democracy arc struggling, none other being worth maintaining. Here then is the true issue before the country, i Mr. Buchanan properly presents it in hisletter. i'o outlaw fifteen States of this confederacy, is j to dissolve the Union. And that this will be | the eflect of his defeat who that observes even superficially, but without prejudice, can for a 1 moment doubt ? We call then upon Southern I men to stand in solid phalanx by their North- ■ ern brethren .’ It is they who peri), if not all, j yet they peril much iu’tbo contest. But if 1 blinded by hatred of a name, or, what is worse, opposed in principle to the national demoiru-i cy, Southern men will play into the hands of; ■ the enemy, then let the democracy of the South 1 i rally at the ballot box, and so overwhelm the i opposition with their suffrages, that from very I shame not one in ten of them in leu days there i after will have the hardihood to declare that he I I voted against Buchanan. t Democratic Meeting, At a meeting of a portion of the Democrat ■ I ic party of Fulton county, on Friday the I Ith i inst., to devise measures for holding a J/ass Meeting of the Democracy of this r.nd the ad-' joining counties. On motion, Dr. E. N. Cal- | lioun was called to the chair and Thomus N, Cox war requested to act as Secretary. i On motion it was resolved that a public i ; barbecue be given in this city on Saturday the. i second day of August That the people of j every quarter be requested to attend. That ' Speakers be invited to address the masses-on ; • this occasion. | Resolved further, I'hat proper Committees! i be appointed to carry into efieet the above 1 I resolutions : wl ereupon the chair appointed a| : committee of Correspondence, consisting <>: 1 Mi-.rs. R. J. Cowart. Luther ,1. Glenn, Vi . T.. • Wilson, ,1. E. Williams and E. B. Reynolds i A Committee on resolutions consisting of; Messrs. J. R. Wallace, J. F. Tr-nt, Dr B. F- • Bomar, 11. Muhlenbrink, Jas. Lynch, Burr; Minton, Geo. B. Frazier, E. M. Taliaferro. Dr. i E. Hillyer, Dr. J. G. Westmoreland, Meridethl Biowm Ihos. A. Kennedy, Mariat Megerj Esquire Wingfield, Win. Alsubro“X. Joo. L. Evans. Silas 11. Donaldson, Henry i<by. L.. Wright, Wm Barnes, J. L. Grubb, W. W. Roark. M. I’. Wingfield. Dr. John Rhea, Q ,: | Johujl Qitaek, T. M Evans, Dr. E. N. Cat-1 I houu, Dr. I'. M. Darnall. and Seuooru Gunn, ;of Fulton. Messrs. Daniel Johnson. Jonathan i B. Wilsvj, Jno. W. Fowler, C. W. McGinnis 'A. Powell, and 'l. G. W. Hili, of DeKalb, j Ou motion it was resolved, that the proceed-; ! Ings of this meeting be published ih-- Dem- j cratic city p;q>er<. and thut the C ■ mittce of! arrangements be requested to meet a’ •uiliee ’ of Messis. Gartren a Glet'- on I'sesduy. 2 o'clock,M. E. N CAtHOI'V I’re, ' T. N t v.v. Sec’y. Trial oi Hrrlbert.—CoiJgressiou al. Washtm.rox, July 15 The Herbi i t Jury has Iteen discharged be ettase of the inability to agree, it is tmd stood five were ia lav or of a verdie of juan. slaughter and seven for irequl; ting. A reeor.d trial h expected to commence to morrow A resolution censuring Ki-'tt fir 1 couu.x ion witli tae Sumair a>sauk '■■■ ; 'ptt-i .iy lOiit - 9t> It is uuoers'.xx! . ... re- g E ‘menson Virgi-iia v.i.- -.s. g-.r. : Tae . IticiK< t the Oxygenated Bun ». - cates of Dy»l«-psia, Asthma, and Gem-ral D ity Lae been at •u J-. v many citize wao ;--e ■ w ell known w the pin lie, and whose stataiue:,;. are ample proof that this medicine is ne -w gr- at j Mr. Buchanan Not a Friend to the Workingman. The • Americans,”-alias the -Know Nothing Press'”';!'Georgia, teems with the charge that Mr. Buchanan is not a friend to the working man. As ridiculous and false as is such a charge, it is yetsiezhd upou with avidity by al most every stump orator of that party, from the -Demosthenes of the Mountains,” down to the • retailers of Zollicoffer's speech on squat ter sovereignty; atid terrible indeed is the casti gation inflicted upon Mr. Buchanan, and the party that nominated him as a candidate for the Presidency ! As to the truth or falsity of the charge—whence it originated, and by whom —is a matter of no consequence. They, the “s/umpers,” ha ve seen it in same “American Press." and that, it appears,is sufficient for them. Call upon them for the proof, and ten chances to one they will draw upon you the Chronicle & Sentinel, or some other reckless sheet, in which the charge is made, and thus re lieve themselves from the odium of originating if not propagating th“ absurd libel—forgetful. apparently, that lie who circulates a libel, is as much a violator of the law, ns he who originates it. But it is not our purpose to waste ink and paper in refuting the contemptible charge to which we refer. ,We fortunately have before us a letter written by Mr. Buchanan, as far back as 1837. to Mr. Dickerson, the Secrctaiy of the Navy, in which his feelings for, and sym pathies with, the WORKINGMAN, are plainly set forth. This letter wc God in the N- York Daily News, of the 12th instant, and it affords us pleasure to lay it before our readers and the workingmen of the country, as evidence ot what Mr. Buchanan's feelings truly ai-in al* that affects their interest and welfare. Alter its perusal in the presence of he nDemostheues of the Mountains” or any other of the “Amer ican" orators, of less proportion and consequence than he, we should like to hear, in the presence of Me people, the charge reiterated that Mr. Buchanan was “not a friend to the working man." He who would have the hardihood to do this, would slander the dead with as little scruples of conscience as he would the living. •• Washington, Dee. 26, 1837 “ .My Dear Sir: Permit me to address you on a subject which has excited much feeling throughout the City and County of Philadel phia, and has enlisted my warmest sympathies. “ Five hundred mechanics have been sud denly thrown out of employment in the Navy Yard in Philadelphia, at this inclement season of the year. Most of them depending on their daily labor for their daily bread, yon can easi ly appreciate what must be their sufferings.— Their large families (as a friend informs ine) are in a lamentable condition, and God only knows what will become of them unless Gov ernment gives them employment. “ Now, Sir, allow me to remark that, null - ing short of necessity ought to compel a palern rd Government to place such a body of nu chanics who have faithfully performed their duty in such deplorable circumstances. I know that t'ue feelings of your heart will respond to this sentiment. Why not, then, make an ef fort for their relief ? They ask no favor but to be permitted to give, in their labor, an equivalent for bread for themselves, their wive’, aud their children. I understand there is now a frigate in the Navy Yard, on which they might be employed “ Even if the Department, under other cir cumstances, should deam it more advisable, for the present, to djlay her completion, still a mere question of a few months in point of time becomes comparatively insignificant when weighed in the balance" against humanity and justice. Besides, unites the Navy Yard at Philadelphia is to be abandoned, which I trust is not contemplated by the Department, it is of great importance to the Government to pre vent such u body of faithful and skillful me chanics from dispersing. “ 1 therefore appeal to you with c n.fidenee, to grant them employment—and I almost envy you the power of conferring blessings upon so many industrious and meritorious citizens, with out doing injury to the Government. I “1 feel confident you will pardon me for r | ((nesting as early an answer to this communi cation as may be consistent with your conven ience Yours, very respectfully. JAMES BUCHANAN. ‘Hon Mahon Dickerson. Secretary of ’he Navy.” LATER FROM EUROPE. A R R I V A L O F TII E NIAGARA. New Yor.s, July 15 ] Ihe steamship Niagara has arrived at liali | lax. She brings three days later intelligence ; than the Canadian, having left Liverpool on !'Saturday 'he sth inst. SECOND DESPATCH J Ihe steamer Niagara has arrived out. i Cotton has advanced during the wee!, 1 -16 jd. to Id.principally on the lower grades ; Sales for the week 80.0C0 bales ; of which ; speculators took 15,000 and exporters 19.000 bales. Sal sos Friday 7.000 bales. Fair Orleans 6d. Middling 6 5-l Cd. ; Fair Uplands 6#d. ; Middling 6 3-16 d. i The Liverpool Breadstufls Market was a j hade lower, and there was a little speculative ! demand. The weather was favorabieand Wh;at had declined 2d. per 70 ibs. Flour Is. per I barrel, chiefly on the lower grades, .nd Corn) II -. per -ISO Ibs. State of trade in Mancht tinoedtobe | more favorable. ■ Consols have advanced I, and closed at I I ex-dividend. The bullion in the Bank of England has iu- 1 I creased 670,600 pounds Sterling. American Snx-ks are active and pact.- have' : advanced. j The Havre cotton mrnket has a.i, at.. •<. - j Sales for the week 9,000 bales. Or. the Ist inst., in the Havre Uo.b'ii Mar ket. buyers demanded a reductioi Political. Negotiations with-Vr. Dalias unon the- Mo-- 1 quitto question have been resumed. Th-, committee of the Corps Legislatiff of 1 ruuev have iviiiard tv the Emperor the pc*T r ; ■ ' grant pensive. I’uriHei- by the Cauadiau. It is rumored that England and Austria Lave had a conk-reue uu;l settled afl-di.- :-i Greece. warm c...bat • ...id o-. .rreJ in I’arliameut * -serene. to the American dispute. A 121. •UOI.'JSZCJ sn q-acqi - i —-aird [;« act onia b si ij u.vj hioeg tvsimos - put; [usHAtun qaus qija jam ssq (From the Louisville Democrat.} Mr . Biicliaiin’s Kccord on the | Slavery Question. We give below the record of James Bnc-I tianan on the slavery question. It is a full and complete vindication against the impudent lying of the Know Nothing press in this re gion. We are obliged to our friends of the Statesman for the article. On Monday, we shall give an expose ofMr. Fillmore’s record which we find in the Statesman, in contrast with that, of Mr. Buchanan. Every since the* re-agitation of the slavery question, after the Missouri compromise of 1820, Mr. Buchanan has been the uncompromising opponct of all Abolition schemes : whilst Mr. Fillmore was one of ti '-most notorious Abolitionists of the North up to 1850; and there is no reason to believe that he has yet changed his sentiments on that subject. Mr. Buchanans Record. O the 7th of January, 1836, Mr. Buchanan piescntcd to the Senate a memorial from a So ciety of Friends in Pennsylvania, requesting Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Mr Uucbanan uraed the necessity of adopting some mode of disposing of all such petitions without debate; expressing bis decided conviction that the prayer of the petition should not be granted, and stating: I!" any one principle of constitutional law can at this day be considered as settled, it is that con gress had no right, no power, over the question of slavery iu those States where it exists. The property of the master i‘. his slave existed in full force before the federal cmutitution was adop ted. It was a subject that then belonged as it still belongs to tin exclusive Jurisdiction of the Southern States. The- e Stales by the adoption of the constitution never yielded to the general government any right to interfere withthe ques tion. It remains where it was previous to the L establishment of our confederacy. The constitution has in the clearest terms re cognized the right ot; property in slaves. It pro hibits any State into which a slave may have fled from passing any law to discharge him from slavery, and declares that he shall be delivered up by the authorities of such State to his mas ter ; nay more, it makes the existence of slavery the foundation of political power, by giving to those States within which it exists Representa tives in Congress, not only in proportion to the whole number office persons, but also in pro imr: ■ -i to three fifths of the numberof slav. s y < aowing that Congte«s,on the 23d day of 5 ar b, 1790, had so determined, and-that the i .; on would be disserved at the moment an >rt would be'seriously made by the Free Stat.-,; In U -tigress to pass such laws, he states: ■■vVl i ilien arc the circumstances under which these memorials are now presented ? A num ber ot fanatics, led on by foreign incendiaries, have been scattering -arrows, tire brands and death" throughout the southern States; the nat ural tendency of their publications is to produce dissatisfaction and revolt among the slaves, and to incite their wiki passions to vengencc. All history, as well as the present condition of the slaves, proves that there can be no danger of a servile war, but in the meantime what dreadful scenes may be enacted before such an insurrec tion, which would spare neither age nor s“x, could be suppressed; what agonj- of uund must be suf fered, especially by the gentler sex, in conse quenceof these publications. Many a mother clasiis her infant to her bosom when she retires to rest, under dreadful apprehensions that she may be aroused from her slumbers by tjte savage yells of the slaves by w bom she is surrounded. — These are the works of the Abolitionists. That -eeir motives may be honest I do not doubt, but their zeal is without knowledge • The history of the human race presents numerous examples of ignorant enthusiasts, the purity of whose inten tions cannot be doubted, who have spread de., vastation and blood-shed over the face pf the earth,’ •••»•• “This being a true statement of the case as app/ied to the States where slavery exists, what is now asked by these memorialists ? That in this District of ten miles square, a District carved out of two slaveholding States, and sure rounded by them on all sides, slavery seou>d be abolished. What would be tho eftects of gran ting their request ? You would thus erect a citadel in the very heart of these States upon a Territory which they have ceded to you for a far difereut purpose, from which Ab iliitonists and incendiaries could securely at :ck the peace safety of their citizens; you estab lish a spot within tlie slavehoMing States, which would be a city of refuge for runaway slaves;you create by law a central point from which trains of gunpowder may l e securely laid extending in to the surrounding States, which may at any m >ment produce a destructive and fearful explo sion. By passing such a law you introduce the enemy into the very bosom of these two States aud af ford them every opportunity of producing a ser vile insurrection. Is there any reasonable man who can for one uient suppose that Virginia and Maryland would ceded the District of Columbia to the Ciuted States if they had entertained the .-lightest, idea that Congress would have used it tor any s uch purpose! They ceded it for your use, for your convenience, and not for their own destraction. When slavery ceases to exist under the laws of Virginia and Maryland, then, and not till then, onght it to be abolished in the District of Columbia.”—See Congressional Globe, vol. Rd, pages 7R-79. On the 11th of January, 1830, Mr. Buch anan again urged the same objection to a simi lar uiemor al, and asked for a reference by which ull such petitions could he disposed of without debate, "so as to put the exciting question at rest.”—L'ong. Globe, 3d, page 85. On the4th of April. 1836. Mr. Buchanan urged the psssage of the bill admitting Arkan sas into the Union as a State with a constitu tion establishing slavery—Cong. Globe, vet l . 3d . 279. On the 25th ot April, 1836, Mr. Buchanan ! on the presentation of a memorial of a Society of Friends of the city of Pniladelphia, remou strating against the admission of Arkansas into the ("nion with her pro slavery constitution, stated thut.he had informed them that he was opposed to the memorial; that he had been requested by the delegate from Arkansas to take charge of that territory to be admitted into the Union, and that he had cheerfully ta ken upon himself the performance of that duty. He moved that the memorial be laid on the ta - bie. which was dote.— Ceng. Globe, vol. ‘.id. ' 328. | On the 2d day of March. 1836, Mr. Buc i hanan made an elaborate speech discussing the ; whole question involved in the Abolition peti tions, contending that the “right of petition ! required the r reception, but. that they ought |to be laid on the table without debate. The I discussion embittered the feelings of the parties; ! no report could be framed so as to meet the i views of the different Senators, and whik he thought that the South was entitled to the 1 strongest vote upon the strongest proposition ’ which gentlemen can give, without violating I their principles, he believed that continued di-- i mission w >uld prove iuiarious and dagerous.— ; Append' ■>■. hod of Ji f Cong, Globe, pages 1184-'s.' ■ On the 6iu of February, Mr. Buebanau : again mo. cd that seven petitions presented for : the Abolithnof -latcry in the District of Co lumbia be laid upon the table without debate, a- a renewed discussion would keep up the ex citement between th" North and South which he wished to discourage.— Cong Globe, vol pd page 158. In January. 1838, Mr. Calhoun introduced ! into the Su.-ate a aeries of resolutions which after several amendments by Mr. Clay and other?, re finally passed m fol'ows: "Ist. Resolved, That in the adoption of the i federal constitution, the States adopting the -ime, acted severally as free and iadependent State . and that each R-r itself, by its own vol untary «. »ci.t. entered the Inion with the view tnits increased security against al dangers, ’■ancstie as well as foreign, and the more per fect and secure enjoyment of its advantages natural, political, and social. ■■2 d. Res t ed. That in delegating a portion of ’ their powers to be exercised by the general govern-1 men', the States retained severally, the exclusive I an ! sole ri~ht overtheir own domestic institutions . i pa-.ee, .»tly full extent to -which those pow-1 ers were not thus delegated, and are alone re-I -tsibb’ fer them, and that r: y intermediing of ■ it v>.e .- more States, ora combination of their citizens with the domestic institutions and police ; or i l*u!SLs, aj the domestic peace and tranquillity of the States interfered with, subversive of the objects for which the constitution was formed, and, by necessary consequence, tending to weaken and destroy the Union itself. Jrf Resolved, That this government was in stituted and adopted by the several States of this Union as a common agent, in order to cany into effect the powers which they had delegated by by the constitution for their mutual security and prosperity, and that ic die fulfillment of this high and sacred trust, this government is bound so to exercise its powers ns not to interfere with the stability and security of the domestic institu tions of the States that compose the Union, and that it is the solemn duty of tne government to resist, to the extent of its constitutional power, oil attempts by one portion of the Union to use it as an instrument to attack the domestic insti tutions of another, or to weaken or destroy such institutions. “4th Resolved, That domestic slavery, as it exists in the Southern and western States of this Union, composes an important part of their do mestic institutions, inherited from their ances tors,and existing at the adoption of the constitu tion, by which it is recognized as constituting an important clement in the appointment of (rowersamong tile States, and that no change or feeling, on /be part of the other States of the Union in relation to it, can justify them or their citizens in open or systematic attack thereon, with a view to its overthrow, and that all such attacks are so manifest violations of the mutual and solemn" pledges to protect aud defend each other, git-on by the States respectively . .. en tering' into the constitutional compact, which formed the Union, i.tid as such are a manifest breach of faith and a violation of the most solemn obligations. sth. Resolved. That the ityerference by the citizens ol any of the Statr s, with a view to th. abolition of slavery in this District, is endange ring the rights and security of the people of the District, and that any act or measure of Con gress designed to abolish slavery in this District would be a v iolation of the faith implied in the cession by the States ofVitginia and Maryland, a just cause of alarm to the people of the slave - holding States, and have a direct and inevita ble tendency to distract and endanger the Union. “ 6llt, Resolved That any attempt of I'ongrcrs to abolish slavery iu any territory of the U. S in which it exists would crea’e serious alarm nnd just spprehension in the Slates sustaining that domestic institution, would l>. a violation of good faith towards the inhabitants of any suchTer rritory, w'.to have been permitted t > settle wi:h and hold slaves therein, bi'causc the people of , any such Territory have not asked for abolition of slavery therein, and bccaure when any such Territory shall be admitted iPto the Union as a State, the people thereof will be entitled to decide that question exclusively forth ’iiselvcs"—[See C. Globe, vol. 6th, page 9R. ALT, OF THE FOREGOTNI. RESOLUTIONS were advocated and voted cor by Mb. Buchanan.—See Cong Globe, vol 6th, pages 74 to 98. ()n the 23d of May, 1836, Mr. Buchanan made an able and eloquent defense of Texas in her struggle with Mexico, which was then pro gressing, predicting that -Ike time was not far distant when she would assume her proper po sition as a part of this great confederacy.—— Cong. Globe, vol. 3,p. 395, Ou the Sth of June, 1814, Mr. Buchanan made his great speech iu favor of the auexa tion of Texas it would be impossible by extract to do Mr. Buchanan justice. It was, perhap, the must thorough speech made on that ques tion during that session, and a perusal of it would thoroughly refute the slanders that have been circulated in regard to his views on the slavery question. We venture to predict that none of the opposition papers will dare to publish this speech during the canvass. See Appendix to Cong. Globe, vol. 1 2 p 724. But this is not all: when the House resolu tions for the admission of Texas were before the Senate, Air. Buchanau, on Tuesday, the 4th of February, 1845, announced that he was in a minority of one on the committee, but that he should advocate their adoption notwithstanding —Boe Cong. Globe, vol. 14, pt 24. And again, on the 4th of February he an nounced that although in a minority of one in the committee on foreign relations, he was anxious that the Texas question should be dis cussed and decided as soon as possible.— Do,, page 271. On the 13th of Febrtary, Mr. Buchanan made a most powerful argument, showing the constitutionality und expediency of admitting Texas by joint resolution into the Union of the States. —See Cong. Glsbe vol. 14, page. 287. On the final passage of the resolutions for the admission of Texas, Mr. Buchanan said this was the greatest public act in which he had ever had the honor of taking an humble part; he should do it cheerfully, gladly, because he beleived his vote would confer blessings in numerable upon his fellow-men, now. hencefor ward and forever.” Mr. Buchanan’s Congressional record closes here, and we venture to assert, that it is as good as consistent, as true to all the interests south, as that of any statesman of any party. But we have still further and equally con clusive evidence of Mr. Buchanan's soundness on the slavery question. During tho adminis tration of Mr. Polk, Mr. Buchanan being Sec retary of State, the slavery agitation was cot. inued in a new aud far more plausible form. The Wilmot proviso was sought to be applied to all territories thereafter to be organized; and as large regions of country acquired by the ’ Mexican war, defined by the treaty with Eng land, relative to the Northwestern Territories preparatory to their admisaieu into the Union as States, the question of Slavery was again discussed with more bitterness than ever. The conservative statesman of the North, Mr. Buchanan among them, together wjth the en tire southern delegation iu Congress in 1848, proposed to the Freesoilers of the North iu ex tend the Missouri compromise line to the Fa-, cific, and thus forever close the agitation upon that subject. The proposition was scornfully " rejected. Nothing was left but for the con-1 servative men ol the North and South, to with | draw all oilers to compromise, and throw them-, selves upon their constitutional rights, as equal members of the confederacy, acd equally enti tied to the common territories, regardless of latitude or imaginary lines. The battle was fought from this stated point and the compromise acts of 1850 were the re sult, and every Territory organized under or since those acts, has been organized so as to come into the Union with or without slavery as the people thereof might determine. The compromise acts of 1850, were regarded as doing away with all former compromises.—Mr Buchanau as early as November, 1050 in a letter to the people of Philadelphia, declared that the compromise measures us iB6O bad superseded the Missouri line, or, to use bis own language, that that line had “passed away,” which construction led inevitably to the adop tion of the principles embraced in the Kansas Nebraska bill. That bill was passed upon that construction, and the repeal of the Mis souri Compromise line is setforth iu the bill itself as having been set Ataide bv the act of 1850. In May, 1856, the Pennsylvania D mioeratic State Convention passed a eerie:, oi i violations endorsing, in the most uneqnalitied terms, the principles involved in the Kansa. Bill, and nominating James Buchanan for the Presiden cy. Mr. I achanan indorsed fully and equivo cally every sen’iment therein expressed, and pledged himself to maintain them. Want ot space prevents us from publishing these resolu ; tions and the response of Mr. Buchanan. Again the National Convention which nominated Mr. Buchanan, passed the follow ing resolution. ■ Resolved, That, claiming fellowship with, and desiring the co-operation of, all who re gard the preservation of the Umon under the ! constitution, as the paramount issue, and re pudiating all sectional parties and platforms; ! concerning domestic slavery, which seek to; ’ embroil the States, and invite to treason and I armed resistance to law in the Territories, and j whose avowed purposes, if consummated, must I , end in civil war and disunion, the American Democracy recognise and the principles j contained in the organic laws establishing the' Territories of Kansas and Nebraska as embo- i dying the oalv sound and safe solution of the I slavery question upon which the great nauouti| i ■ - - repose in its determined conservatism of Ih>- Union—Non-interference by Congress with Slavery in State and Territory, on in the District of Columbia. “2. That this was the basis of the Compro mises of 1850--confirmed by both Democratic and Whig parties in national conventions— ratified by the people in the election of 1852, and rightly applied to the organization of Ter ritories in 1854. “3. That by the uniform application of this Democratic principle to the organiza tion of Territories, and to the admission of new States with or without domestic slavery, ns they may elect—th" equal rights of alt the States will be preserved intact—the original compacts of the Constitution maintained inviolate—and the perpetuity nnd expansion of this Union insured to its utmost capacity of embracing, in peace and harmony, every future American State that may be cot stituted or annexed, with a republican form of government.” » Mr. Buchanan in bis letter of acceptance, dated June 16th, 1856, iu regard to the above resolution on slavery, says. ■The agitation on the question of domestic slavery has too long distracted and divided Un people of this Union, and alienated their af fections from each other. This agitation haa assumed many forms since its commencement but it now set ms to be directed chiefly in the Territories; anti judiug from its present char - acter, I think we may safely anticipate that it is rapidly approaching a ‘finality.’ The recent legislation of Congress respecting domestic slavery, derived, as it has beeu. from the ori ginal and pure fountain of legitimate political power, the will of the majority, promises ere long io allay the dangerous excitement. This legislation is founded upon principles as unci ent as free government itself, and in accordance with them, has simply declared that the people of a Territory, like those of a State, shall de cide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist’within their limits. The Nebraska Kansas Act does no mor. that; give the force of law this elementary principle of self government; declaring it to be “true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery* into any Territory or State 1 uor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the I people thereof perfectly* free to form and regu. I late their domestic institutions of their own I way, subject only in the constitution of thi I United States.” This principle will surely not , be controverted by any individual of any party i professing devotion to popular Government.- ‘ Besides, how vain and illusory would an*. < other principle prove in practice in regard t< the Territories! This is apparent from the fat t : admitted by all, that after a Territory shall j have entered the Union, and beeome a State ino Constitutioiftil power would than exis I which could prevent it eithes abolishing or i establishing slavery, as the case may be, ac ' cording to its sovereign will and pleasure.’’ Such is-an outline of the record of Jame ' Buchanan—full, clear, conservative, md con I sistenf. lie has stood in the breach and fought sor twen y years in defence of the con. stitutional rights of the south against fanati. cism in all it? forms. We invite all fair and unprejudiced men to its investigation, and we suggest to our neighbor of the Observer and Reporter, and if he intends to prove Mr Buch, anan either an Abolitionist or a freesoiler, he had better be up and adoing, for he has undertaken a task which it will require all hie tact and ingenuity, from now till November, to perform. If he declines it, we hope he will have the candor to acknowledge his inability to do so, and disobuse the minds of his readers Later from Flu rope AKRIVALOF THESTEAMSHIP AFR IC A. The steamer Africa has arrived, bringing three days later news from Europe. Liverpool Market. Liverpool, June 28. Uotton.—Hermann, Coy & Co., quote an advance of 1-16 d. on Middling. Sales of the week 56.000 bales, of which speculators took 12,000 and exporters 2,000 bales. Fair Up and 6j’d„ Middling Upland 6d. Sales of Fri day 10,000 bales, market closing firm. Flour lhas advanced Is 6d to 2s on the finer qualities Wheat has advanced 3d to 4d. Consols advanced 1-4, closing at 95. Trade in Manchester is more active. Money is easier at previous rates. The bullion in the Bank has increased 360,000 pounds Ster ling. James .McHenry quotes Middling Orleans 6 l-4d. Middling Mobile 64d. middling Up lands 6a. But few circulars received by this steamer. Imports since departure of last Steamer 60.080 bales. Stock on hand 750,000 bales. Bank of England has reduced its interest to 4J per cent. Political. Loid Clarenden in his reply to Mr. Jfarcy offers to refer the Mosquito qustion to third parties, if found unmanageable by direct nego tiation. Mr. Dallas declined appearing at the Queen's Levee, because his Attache had been refused admittance in consequence of objectionable dress. Latest.—Consols closed at 94 J. Arrival <»f the Lebanon. *■ • New York, July 12. The steamship Izbatiun with Havre dates |to the 28tb, has arrived. She brings no later j news than by the Africa. ; Russia was busily engaged iu making all necessary defences for Nicolaeff and Scbasto I poi. They will be stronger than ever. ’ A proclamation encouraging pillage and as i sassination was in circulation throughout .1 Italy. | Interesting from Central Amer ica. New Orleans, July 12. ; The steamship Daniel Webster, Capt. Pat terson, from San Juan, has arrived. The Rivas Cabinet, with the exception of i Ferrar, have deserted Gen. Walker. They havc ; been proclaimed traitors by Ferrar, who is th* Provisional President. An election for President was held on the 24th June, and returns so fur as had been re ceived show in favor of Gen. Walker. Goicouvia baa been appointed Minister t" France and England, with special minister's powers to Washington. Costa Rica is in a state of revolution. Mr. Corwine had concluded his investigation * of all questions connected with the Paminu* riot. From California. The Webster brings late news from Sai. Francisco. The Vigilance Committee have six thousand muskets and thirty cannon, and their course Is sustained everywhere in the State. Peace and good order rule su premo. The news from the mining district is favora ble, both as n gards crops from the surface and ! under the surface. From Oregon. 1 The Indian war is still progressing in Oregon, lin a recent battle, the Indians killed twelve ot I Capt. Smith's men, as well as wounded the I Captain, and twenty five of his men. Among ! the killed was Co'. Wright. The total I number of killed and wounded of Colonel I Wright’s command was near two hundred and fifty. Fifteen Puebla officers have been ordered to ibe slot at Acapulco, for conspiring against the laws, fur plunder, and at attempted revolu tion. Additional by the Africa. Political afiuirs were quiet. In the British House of Palmerston declined to assume the responsibly, in a direct or indi rect Tr-nner, of aflldrs, as he believ ed that, in the relation# between Great Britain and the UnitedautfftkH to a settlement oi t|>ejoints in jireussiog m quee